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Fab Flash: Stephen Jones Tips His Hat to Audrey Tautou
Stephen Jones has taken a role in the highly anticipated film, Coco Before Chanel featuring Audrey Tautou. The sought-after milliner, who has designed head pieces for some of the top fashion houses including Mugler, Gaultier, and Christian Dior, will be creating hats for our little French Fabcon in the upcoming biopic.
"She will make a wonderful Chanel, she is equally as petite.
Definition: Millinery
Millinery
n. Women's hats and other articles sold by a milliner, or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling women's hats and hat trim. Millinery, if taken in a more general sense, also means any accouterments that are functionally unnecessary, such as a garnish on a dish, or the extra cuff-buttons on a man's dress jacket.
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Friday Fab News Roundup!
- Lookbook: L.A.M.B Fall '09 — WWD
- Marvellous millinery at the Metropolitan Ball — Guardian UK
- Mango's newest campaign star is Leigh Lezark! — Nylon
- Piperlime adds apparel — WWD
- Is there a setting for high strung? — New York Times
- Audrey Tautou and Karl Lagerfeld talk Coco Chanel — Vogue UK
- An ode to the shooting stars of beauty — IHT
- Recession chic: Why blondes are having more fun — Times UK
- Actresses are edging out models on magazine covers — New York Times
- The Model as Muse: Behind the sitting — IHT
- Lulu Frost collaborates with Hats by Selima — FWD
- Derek Lam opens his first shop — WWD
Glitterati: Thea Grant Jewelry
Husband and wife duo, Thea Grant and Nicolas Bazzani, are the masterminds behind the label, Thea Grant Jewelry. Thea, a Brooklyn native, founded the company in 2003, after having much success with her designs on the runway. Prior to that, she dabbled in haute couture, costume design, sculpture and millinery.
Designer Spotlight: Jennifer Ouellette
Millinery is a dying art, but designer Jennifer Ouellette is doing her best to keep the discipline alive. The hat and headband maker combines vintage inspiration and ultra-comfortable fits for a truly unique and modern line of accessories. (Apparently, she even holds a patent on her pain-free headband design.) Fans include Jessica Simpson and Winona Ryder, and you can buy Ouellette's designs at Barneys and various high-end boutiques; the headbands cost around $50.
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